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@anni @Mitra JAMES-A. MORRISON, OE BRADYS BEND, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND A. J. ELLIOTT, OE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 102,031, dated April 19, 1870.

cooxING-UTENSIL.

.The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To `all 'whom it 'may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MORRISON, of Bradys Bend, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking-Utensils; and I do hereby declare that tbe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

The object 'of this invention is to furnish cheap, ready, and convenient means for toasting bread, broiling .or frying meat, or warming vegetables; and

It consists in combining with a metallic frame or stand-two curved-reflectors, one above the other, with their convex sides near and facing each other, and with a -toasting or broiling-grate between them, supported by the frame, the concave side of the upper reflector being uppermost and forming a..pan for frying, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l is aver-tical cross section of the article, ou the line a; a: of iig. 2.

Figure 2 represents a front view. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

A is the frame, made of metal, consisting of two stands, B and C, connected together by the lower arch-like reector D, the. upper trough-like reector E, and the handle F.

G is a toasting-grate, which is supported in grooves in the stands B C, as represented in the drawing.

The reectors D and E are attached to the arms of The article is placed on top of the cooking-stove or4 range, but may be used to good advantage before a hearth-fire.

It will be observed that the heated air has a free lcirculation beneath both reflectors and around the toasting-grate; but much of the heat which strikesthe bottom of the pan E is reected back, so that both'sides of the bread are toasted at the same time.

The grate may readily be slipped out and turned round, if by so doing the operation of toasting or broil'- ing can be more perfectly performed.

This is a simple and cheap device, and the housewifev will readily understand its advantages over the ordinary method of toasting, broiling, and frying, wherea variety of articles are necessary to perform the operation.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters -Patent- The' frame A, reflectors D and E, and the grate G, constructed, arranged, and combined substantiallyA Witnesses:

EBnNEzER CHRISTY, JOHN ENGEL. 

